Polychaeta name details
original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1909). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of southern California in 1904. I. Syllidae, Sphaerodoridae, Hesionidae and Phyllodocidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 321-351, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816604 page(s): 325-326, plate XV figs. 5-7 [details]
Holotype USNM 17079, geounit Southern California [details]
Paratype ANSP 2862, geounit Southern California [details]
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Depth range 360 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Southern California (off Santa Cruz Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet typica is the feminine of the Latin adjective typicus, meaning 'typical', and refers to the presumed similarity of the species with the type of the genus Pionosyllis, stated by Moore (1909: 326) as "this species stands closer to the type species than any of the three already described from the Pacific coast of North America". [details]
Habitat Black sand and pebbles. [details]
Specimen Holotype USNM 17079: 31 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, 96 segments. Paratype ANSP 2862: 14 mm long, 0.8 mm wide. [details]
Type locality East Pacific Ocean, California, Albatross sta. 4430, Gull Islet, south coast of Santa Cruz Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 33.92º, long. -119.82º); 197 fathoms (360 m), black sand and pebbles. [details]
Type material Type material deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (holotype USNM 17079), and Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA (paratype ANSP 2862). [details]
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